Year And A Day
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Year and a day, means in computing year and a day after an event, the day on which the event happens is counted as the first day, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary.
Year and Day [annus et dies, Lat.], a time that deter-mines a right or works a prescription, etc., in many cases; see Jac. Law Dict.; Co. Litt. 254 b. A person wounded must die within a year and a day in order to make the offender guilty of murder: 3 Inst. 53; 6 Rep. 107; and see WRECK.
Year and Day [annus et dies, Lat.], a time that deter-mines a right or works a prescription, etc., in many cases; see Jac. Law Dict.; Co. Litt. 254 b. A person wounded must die within a year and a day in order to make the offender guilty of murder: 3 Inst. 53; 6 Rep. 107; and see WRECK.
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